The riddle of laughter: Neural and psychoevolutionary underpinnings of joy

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 183-186

  Panksepp, Jaak ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Joy; Laughter; Play; Tickling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034338612     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00090     Document Type: Article

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